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THE FORESTER. 



September, 



Mr. F. H. Newell, and Mr. H. M. Suter. 

 The Association then adjourned until the 

 afternoon. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



This session was devoted to the reading 

 and discussion of papers on the United 

 States Government forest work. The 

 opening paper was read by Mr. Wm. L. 

 Hall, on "Progress in Tree Planting." 

 Mr. Gifford Pinchot, Chief of the Bureau 

 of Forestry, followed, his subject being, 

 ' ' Grazing in the Forest Reserves." ' ' The 

 Black Hills Forest Reserve," by Mr. Ed- 

 ward M. Griffith, was the next paper read ; 

 and Professor L. H. Pammel read the 

 last paper of the session on " What should 

 be the Policy of the United States Govern- 

 ment in the Uintah Forest Reserve ?" The 

 session then adjourned until the next day. 



MORNING SESSION. 



Wednesday, August 28th. 



The sessions on this day were devoted 

 to the reading and discussion of papers on 

 irrigation and hydrographic work. 



The morning session opened promptly 

 at ten o'clock, Mr. A. L. Fellows, of 

 Denver, being the first on the program 

 with his paper on "The Hydrography of 

 Colorado." Mr. F. H. Newell, Hydrog- 

 rapher of the U. S. Geological Survey, 

 read an interesting paper on " Forests and 

 Reservoirs," Professor R. H. Forbes, 

 Tucson, Arizona, read a most interesting 

 paper on " The Open Range and the Irri- 

 gation Farmer." The last paper of the 

 morning session was on the " Reclamation 

 of the Arid Region," by Mr. R. L. Fulton, 

 of Reno, Nevada. The meeting was then 

 adjourned until the afternoon. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



This session opened at 2 130 with a paper 

 on " The Boundary Line Between the 

 Forest and the Desert," by Mr. S.J. Hol- 

 singer, Phoenix, Arizona. It was followed 

 by Mr. George H. Maxwell, Executive 

 Chairman of the National Irrigation As- 

 sociation, who delivered an address on 

 " Irrigation and the Forest." Mr. T. P. 

 Lukens, Pasadena, California, then read 



a paper on " The Reforestation of Water- 

 sheds." In the absence of Mr. Wm. H. 

 Knight, Los Angeles, California, his 

 paper on "The Underflow of Water in 

 Southern California," was read by Mr. 

 Luebkert. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The most important session was the 

 public meeting held on Wednesday even- 

 ing, in the Central Presbyterian Church, 

 which was attended by a large and appre- 

 ciative audience. Honorable Piatt Rogers, 

 of Denver, was the first speaker. He was 

 followed by Mr. F. H. Newell, who de- 

 livered an illustrated address on " Forests 

 and Irrigation." Mr. Gifford Pinchot 

 then delivered, an illustrated address on 

 "The Government and the Forest Re- 

 serves." He was in turn followed by Mr. 

 George H. Maxwell, who made an ad- 

 dress on " The Relation of Forests to 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



Irrigation. 



MORNING SESSION. 



Thursday, August 2Q. 



At this session papers on miscellaneous 

 subjects were presented. Professor A. D. 

 Hopkins, of Morgantown, West Virginia, 

 read the first paper on "Insect Enemies 

 of the Forests and Forest Products." 

 Professor Wm. R. Dudley, Stanford Uni- 

 versity, California, was unable to be 

 present, but his paper on " The Santa 

 Lucia Silver Fir," was read by Mr. 

 Leubkert. Following came a paper on 

 "Twenty Native Forest Trees of Ne- 

 braska," "by Prof. Charles E. Bassey, 

 Lincoln, Nebraska. 



Professor. W. J. Beal, of Lansing, 

 Michigan, was next, and read a paper on 

 "The Future of the White Pine in 

 Michigan." Professor A. D. Hopkins 

 read a second paper on "The Forest 

 Conditions in West Virginia." Mr. George 

 B. Sudworth, of the Bureau of Forestry, 

 was unable to be present and his paper on 

 " Forests and Their Relation to Agricul- 

 ture and Manufacturing Industries," was 

 read by Mr. Luebkert. 



A letter of regret from Mr. W. R. 

 Castle, Vice-President for the Hawaiian 

 Islands, was received by Mr. Luebkert. 



